•Fifty-two inmates at the Medium Security Prison, who know what trouble is, have contributed $100 to the Harold Van Winkle family at Renick, who lost their automobile and most of their home furnishings in a fire early last week that destroyed a house owned by Horace Dickerson. The money will be presented to the couple and their three children tonight in the Matt Swetnam home, where the Van Winkle family has been residing since the disaster.

•Firemen were called to two fires this afternoon. About 2 o'clock they put out a blaze at the home of 625 North Morley occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dunkin and owned by James L. Stone. It was reported that the fire appeared to be entered in the living room where it caused some damage. About 1 o'clock firemen put out a blaze in a shed at the Earl White residence, 406 North Fifth. The extent of damages was not immediately known.

•City crews repaired a water main break on Hedges avenue yesterday. It was thought that there was a break in the main on Monroe avenue, but it was found the trouble was caused by a leak in a service line. J.G. Carney of the water department reports that the department has been getting a lot of service calls because of frozen pipes.

Sunday, January 29, 1988

•Mayor Jack Valentine showed his proclamation calling attention to National Vocational Education Week at Moberly February 7-13 to Bill Goodrick, director of the Moberly Vocational Technical School. Many appropriate activities are planned by the school during the special period.

Wednesday, January 29, 2003

•We can't and aren't supposed to try and fool Mother Nature, but she sure can pull a fast one on us. What was a 30 percent chance of rain yesterday evening and overnight turned into a heavy frost with a skiff of snow thrown in for good measure in the Moberly and surrounding areas. Roads were slick with the stuff too. The General Omar Bradley statue at Rothwell Park seemed to be taking a look over the white frosted panorama of the park. The forecast for this afternoon and tomorrow calls for partly cloudy skies with no expected precipitation, though one can never tell when Mother Nature will get finicky.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

•Moberly Area Community College is making progress in beefing up security, reported Dr. Evelyn Jorgenson, president, during Monday night's Board meeting. Since establishing a list of security initiatives last summer, many updates have been made with more in the offing.